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Cut offs of sprinkler heads--is there a method of monitoring this?

Hi everyone, I am a New Member on your site. The site looks to be very professional & is impressive!Being new I thought I would ask a stupid question, we live in a Manufactured Home Park in Sebring, Florida. We are retired Canadians and have a home here occupied from November to April each year attempting to escape the cold weather back home. We have the park staff cut our lawn in the summer when we are up north. What happens quite often in the park is the mowers cut off sprinkler heads accidentally that have not dropped down, most of the time the mower does not know it has happened. When the sprinklers come on a great gush of water goes straight up and if the sprinkler head is under or near a house can cause a tremendous amount of damage, one incident across from us has caused $2500 of damage. Thankfully to this individual his house insurance paid the bill.
I am wondering if there is a device that one could put in the sprinkler head or at the controller that would sense an immediate call for water & shut off the flow? Any response would be greatly appreciated. Thanks....Ernie